Process of manufacturing large receptacles



Jan. 20, 1931. J K. wmTH 1,789,642

PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING LARGE RECEPTACLES Filed Dec; 21. 1929 .777 are n for.-

I tainers of I very great size of said containers is limited by tihe large:

4 ing containers of'every dimension without,

an angle to one another. 7 1

secured to the iron great tightness as ifgit were manufactured i matter of the inventionis illustrated by way of example. In said drawing: 1 Figure" 1 a joint I erected and screwed in from the'outer Wall. 7 The edges 0 P tented Jan-. 2 193i I i I r-rnoonss o mmemcaemeefeaeee Application filed December 2i, 19"29, seria No.

It is known to. manufacture integral condimensions such as cylindrical containers orem tr'es in height} and 3 metres in diameter by "I'neansof artificial resins withoutseams and oin't's'. The I.

mess of the hardening cylinders influseand especially by the dimensionsfof thejconvey ing means since the dimensions. of" the containers must pass theclearance gauge of the railway. -As the, chemical industry needs however very large containers it-is neces sary to manufacture "such containers ,by means of parts and toljoin said partsat the place of erection. V r

The subject matter or the present ;.inven ti'on is to provide a method for manufacture".

using ahardening cylinder. Thecontainer's are manufactured by means ofparts andthe; seams and joints'arejclosed by the material from'which the container is made. The finished container can: be considered aseamless and jointless conta nen which possesses as allinonepiecey' V p IV a In the accompany ng drawing the sub ect between two "walls and between two -platesj'in Figure 2. a' joint In putting the'newmethod into effectan] iron. skeleton A' according to Figure 1' :is

the plates or parts B 'andG mand from hardened artificial resin are skeleton A and fastened Said screws; are

side and care has 0 touchor'to hurt the inner f the plates Bi and C are preferably strengthened as shown in the" figures and are provided, if desired, with .projecting'partsand recesses meshing with one another. The. space left between the/plates and segments B and'C' will be about 20-30 mm. and'this isfilled with a'pasty mixture of artificial resin E which has not yet hardened 'ufaclture by means of screws D.

to be taken nott and is the same as the material fror'n'which the said segments were manufactured. All

.made from artificial resin, to the plate ficial resin;

T'atmosphere andflcannot I .{heated during the following step; of manuf jfa'ctureg. The pastyfmass, in "the space E isv I pressed together by the p essar to great that after then is 41 5,8 66, andinfGermany September 26, 1928., J

seams" are: covered by a sheet, and which is stuck I which hardensiwhen cold. The soft artificialfresin',

escape ,when it is re'ssure created dur-u ing theheating; process,

occur] as therexis no the same. This is the reason why it 1s not neewhich has been placed 'yinto space Ei'is'nowvfully enclosed from the-i sjB and C by a cementG of artil-i'f v use a hardening; cylinder, and" it will besuflicient; if the finished container is 1 closed by alcovera'nd the-heating n'lediumis brought into it o'r created in'it. The temperature'ofv the heating air will be '120 14O =0; accordingto the kindof artificial resin used.'- 7 i To create said temperaturepresents no tech- 7''. 'n'ical difficulties. 7 o f V After the heatingperiodthe container comparable to an integral tank. ,Exper t,

ments have shownthat the tightnessof a con -tainer-inade according to the invention is so thehardeningis completed 1 the screws D .can be, dispense container. T Accordingto' Figure 2 the plates B and C are arranged at an'a v d with without influencing the contalning qualities of the so; is 'ngle to one another. 1 The angle'iron A covers the enlarged edges of the i i said plates'B and 0.; Screws D arescrewedi through the angle-iron A; parts of the plates Band C without protrud-eing from space E'between. the plates E, G and the angle iron I A' is filled with vartificial 7 resin of the sarne manufactured. A- sheet F-curved according to the angle of the platesB and C is put into the corner and is plates.

out with respectto the construction shown in Figure 1. i 21 claim: 7

.A process offmanufacturing large recep f 7 tacles', containers,'vessels and thelike-adapted j to be jointedof plates, segments, or elements.

into the enlarged the inner wall'of saidplates The i kind asthat from which the plates are h stuck by a cement G to said V The artificial resin in the space E I hardened in the same way as pointed at Y to and bubbles cannot -space for theoccurence' ofi manufactured from artificial res ins, which comprises fastening the hardened plates to a metallic skeleton, then-filling the space between the said plates and the skeleton with a pasty unhardened composition 'of artificial resins, then-covering the said joint with a. sheet of hardened artificial resin ada ted to be ,stuck'to the-plates by the interme ary ofa ature. 

